How Donald Trump went from a diminished
ex-president to the GOP’s dominant front-runner
Associated Press News,
by
Jill Colvin
Original Article
Posted By: 4250Luis,
2/5/2024 7:56:13 AM
When he left the White House, Donald Trump was a pariah.
After years of bending Washington to his will with a single tweet, Trump was, at least for a moment, diminished. He was a one-term Republican president rejected by voters and then shunned by large swaths of his party after his refusal to accept his 2020 election defeat culminated in an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that sent lawmakers running for their lives.
Some members of his Cabinet had discussed invoking the 25th Amendment, seeing him unfit to remain in office. He was banned from social media and became the first president to be impeached twice.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
halfnorsk 2/5/2024 8:15:32 AM (No. 1651129)
Trump was never "diminished" -- except in the minds of the AP and their echo-chamber companions.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 2/5/2024 8:20:49 AM (No. 1651130)
I always look to the AP when I want the truth about President Trump.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Jen103143 2/5/2024 8:21:27 AM (No. 1651132)
What a sickening article! It's written as if we had accepted he was guilty of all the so-called crimes the Dems threw at him! We know better! PDT exposed the deep corruption in the Dem party, the lies, and the corruption of the justice system, too. Thank you Lucianne, for showing us the underbelly of the beast!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bpl40 2/5/2024 8:37:24 AM (No. 1651146)
Starts with a lie and then doesn't look back. Despicable!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 2/5/2024 8:43:01 AM (No. 1651150)
One of the propaganda arms of the Democrat party speaks.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
fhancock 2/5/2024 9:08:52 AM (No. 1651179)
The Associated Press and the Left perhaps are naive or too indoctrinated or perhaps just stupid...there was NO WAY the 75 million voters who voted for President Trump were going to leave him. We all saw six swing states mysteriously stop counting and then start counting when they found more votes to count. Why did the voting stop...let's go there...to CHEAT...so it is 2024 and that 75 million has been waiting for 4 years for justice...and we are planning to get it on election day.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/5/2024 9:22:51 AM (No. 1651199)
I need a full body condom to keep all of that BS off me.
Trump was never diminished because he never lost.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
seamusm 2/5/2024 9:40:50 AM (No. 1651210)
An idiot's perspective. Trump was fought particularly by his own party even from the surprising 2016 election and has been the continued target from every quarter since. He WON in '16 AND 2020. He has never been diminished - except in the eyes of those who hate him and all of we deplorables who admire his being in our corner for this fight. It remains OUR job not simply to reelect him this Fall but to surround him in Congress with a sound majority of like-minded people who won't stab us in the back.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
smokincol 2/5/2024 10:38:58 AM (No. 1651251)
the sentiments of comrade "Jill Colvin" of the diminished "Associated Press News" which is misnamed and
- should be ... Pravda Press News
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 2/5/2024 10:50:00 AM (No. 1651268)
Proving once again - - that the AssPress should stick to its "Hottest Year EVER!" nonsense stories - - and stay far away from anything concerning President Trump.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 2/5/2024 11:23:12 AM (No. 1651309)
It's AssPress.....no thanks.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Axeman 2/5/2024 11:25:36 AM (No. 1651315)
Apepee again?
A valid source of news to Kamala.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 2/5/2024 11:40:56 AM (No. 1651321)
He was never diminished.
He's been the front-runner since 2020
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 2/5/2024 11:58:26 AM (No. 1651327)
I guess they have to come up with some explanation why he's the incredibly popular front-runner after they spent years hammering home the lie that everyone hates him.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
TXknitter 2/5/2024 12:34:13 PM (No. 1651347)
A hundred likes for #8. You are correct in that it IS our job (and solemn responsibility) to focus on surrounding Trump with like-minded trustworthy Representatives and Senators once he has been re-elected.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Sully 2/5/2024 1:31:19 PM (No. 1651406)
Well, there is also the odd fact that his rival who "won" the election against him promptly stuffed our country and much of the world into a dumpster and then proceeded to douse that dumpster with gasoline and light it on fire.
So, there's that.
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As Rush often noted, the source is the A.P.O.
Associated
Press
Obama
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Krause 2/6/2024 7:00:45 AM (No. 1651825)
AP believes all the phony charges against Trump. News people that can't see what's in front of their faces. Or is it that they're corrupt? You can't believe the left media. They once had some respect. Not any more.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 2/6/2024 8:19:13 AM (No. 1651889)
Exactly #1. Diminished and minimalized by the Democrats. Democrats and RINO's are very jealous people. They really don't mind forced dominance.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 2/6/2024 8:51:14 AM (No. 1651919)
The ASS Press is at it again. Nice try, Jill.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MakingSense 2/6/2024 9:02:08 AM (No. 1651929)
…and nearly every major (and minor) newspaper, TV and radio news service in the country subscribes to the far left AP and regurgitates its Leftist Democrat drivel as if its actually true.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Trapper 2/6/2024 9:16:55 AM (No. 1651938)
What a GREAT article! It's like sneaking into the enemy's camp and listening to their campfire stories about us and the person WE CHOSE to be our leader. It is an interesting description of what the world looks like from inside Jill's (and presumably the AP's) narrative bubble, and Jill can't figure it out. None of it makes sense to her.
Oh, and they never get that "chose" part right. WE were here first, and WE CHOSE Trump. Perhaps if Jill could fix that foundational relationship as her starting point, the rest might begin to fall into place, and she might begin to view us as something more than a "demographic." We are people. We have lives. And we just want to be left alone. Oh, and yeah, we're angry.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/6/2024 9:42:57 AM (No. 1651957)
Stealing an election does not diminish the victims of the theft!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
chagrined 2/6/2024 9:58:34 AM (No. 1651967)
Enh, nothing unexpected from the commie press. Who is actually more treacherous: the commies in the demonrat party and enemedia, or the rinos in the "Republican" Party?
If we can overcome all the cheating which will occur in the election and put President Trump back in office where he belongs, Poster #8 has it right. We are responsible for surrounding him with like minded people. That's the part where the treacherous rinos comes into play, and a somewhat apathetic Republican base. I guess we'll find out when we actually have the nominations for the party for this fall. You can spot most rinos a mile away.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Zigrid 2/6/2024 10:59:21 AM (No. 1652014)
Diminished????...since when...he is and has been more popular than ever...for eight years WE've seen every dirty trick played on him...and yet...he's standing....how is that diminished?...he is our gift from God....
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
DebraAnn 2/6/2024 11:11:01 AM (No. 1652021)
#8......AMEN !! and of course.....MAGA !!!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
NotaBene 2/6/2024 11:12:00 AM (No. 1652022)
Trump was a great President. America flourished with his wise guidance. On June 14, 2015 after descending from his Golden escalator he identified foreign trade and illegal immigration as problems no politicians had ever addressed previously. And he solved them as President. Peace and prosperity made America wealthy again. Trump is our paladin and we love him. We do not want the Democrat election stealing, Forever Wars, Green New Deal, Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and open borders. Trump does not deserve 700 years in jail…
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Krause 2/6/2024 12:29:38 PM (No. 1652087)
Diminished in the eyes of the corrupt left media.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 2/6/2024 6:28:13 PM (No. 1652284)
AP, no thanks.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 2/6/2024 9:26:08 PM (No. 1652397)
As in the old Shake and Bake commercial, "and I helped!" All of us who had a better life under Trump's leadership have helped, spent, sent and prayed for that man. The more the libs pile on, the more we help, spend, and pray for Donald Trump. You can take that to the bank.
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